Resource Allocation Theory Applied to Farm Animal Production

作者:Rauw, Wendy Mercedes 编

页数:335

价格:$ 182.50

isbn号码:9781845933944

According to the resource allocation theory, an individual's genetic potential can only be realized in an environment in which essential food resources are adequately supplied. This book describes resource allocation patterns in natural populations, the costs, preferences and trade-offs of maintenance, growth, reproduction and immune function, the consequences of selection for high production efficiency in livestock species, methods that can be used to quantify resource allocation patterns, and the application of resource alloction theory to improve animal production and wellbeing.